Improvement in life-preserving garments



daihe gime @anni @Wina Letters Patent No. 102,419, dated April 26, 1870.

ilIMPRGV-EMENT IN LIFE-PRESERVING- GARMENTS.

*MOH- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same I, WILLIAM MORRIS, M.D., of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania., have invented an Improved Life-Preserving Garment, Aof which the following is a specification.Y Y

Nature mul 'Object of the Invention.

My invent-ion consists in the combination, as described hereafter,A of a series of inated tubesA on a bathing-jacket, coat, or other garment, to be worn on the upper portion of' the body, .for the purpose of rendering the'sai'd garment suicient-ly buoyant to enable the wearer to float at the surfaceof the water, without the freedom of his movements. being interfered with.

Description of Accompanying Drawing.

Figure lis a view, representing, in the foreground, the figure of a man attired in bathing costume, the upper garment being combined with nfiated tubes, in accordance'with my invention, and

Figure 2 is 'a front view of the said upper garment drawn to an enlarged scale.

General Description.

The garmeutrepresented vin iig. 2, may be supposed A 'other straight portions f extending from the the belt up to and over the shoulders.-

When used in connection with bathing garments, the inflated tubes can be so colored or covered with a fabric differing in color from that of' the garment as to form part of the ornamentation oi' the latter, but

for ordinary coats or jackets, to be. worn o'n asea voyage for instance, the tubes may be attached` to the inner lining of a coat or concealed in any suitable manner.

vantages over the ordinary life-preserving beltsazthat they are not liable to slip downward toward the wearers feet, but are always in aposition to buoy up the and interfere' less with the comfort of the wearer,'

when out ofthe water, than any of the usual hfe- 'preserving appurtenances, which generally cover, o'r

nearly cover, the body, and, containing only a single compartment, are rendered useless in' case of a leak occurring at any point.

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Witnesses:

FRANK B, RICHARDS, HARRY SMITH.

inflated tubes when thus permanently attached to land combined with a garment, possess the great ad- 

